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PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION This bowl is remarkable for its captivating pattern of irregular
A SUPERB AND RARE CIZHOU RUSSET- russet splashes on the interior, which creates a striking
SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED ‘PARTRIDGE contrast to the lustrous dark brown glaze. Known as zhegu
ban, or ‘partridge feathers’, this pattern evolved from the
FEATHER’ BOWL experimental nature of Song dynasty kilns as they competed in
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY producing wares for the thriving tea market. Bowls covered in a
lustrous dark-brown glaze heightened the aesthetic experience
potted with a deep and subtly rounded body rising from a short of drinking tea, which at the time was energetically whisked to
foot to a flared rim, the interior covered with a glossy black glaze produce a rich white froth. The present bowl is a particularly
liberally and densely splashed with short russet ‘partridge feather’ fine example of its type, as it features small and evenly applied
mottles, the exterior covered in a persimmon glaze stopping
neatly above the footring to reveal the pale buff stoneware body flecks, suggesting it was made in the Northern Song period.
13 cm, 5⅛ in. Stonewares coated in rich dark glazes began to be produced
in large numbers in the Tang period (618-907) and the
PROVENANCE monochromatic glazes soon led the way to painted or splashed
Collection of Mr and Mrs Yeung Wing Tak, Hong Kong. designs, which were achieved by either splashing or applying
Eskenazi Ltd, London. with a brush an iron-oxide slip over the glaze. In the kiln,
David Newton, Johannesburg. the gravity would pull the slip downwards creating irregular
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28th November 2011, lot 494. splashes or streaks. Not only were these wares particularly
Eskenazi Ltd, London, no. C4582. suitable for drinking whisked tea, the serendipitous nature
of their glaze must have captivated the imagination of Song
literati.
EXHIBITED
Yang Yongde kangli zhencang heiyou ci/ Black Porcelain The mesmerising ‘partridge-feather’ glaze was produced at
from the Mr & Mrs Yeung Wing Tak Collection, Museum of many kilns in both northern and southern China, attesting to its
the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, popularity. Most examples were made at kilns that produced
Guangzhou, 1997, cat. no. 106. Cizhou wares, such as the Guantai kilns in Hebei province, the
Ancient Chinese Black Wares from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Qinlongsi and Dangyangyu kilns in Henan province. Bowls of
Yeung Wing Tak, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong similar form, recovered at Guantai, Ci county, are illustrated
Kong, Hong Kong, 1999. in The Cizhou Kiln Site at Guantai, Beijing, 1997, col. pl. 29,
Song: Chinese Ceramics, 10th to 13th Century (Part 5), Eskenazi figs 1 and 3, pl. 65, fig. 1; and a larger bowl from Dangyangyu,
Ltd, London, 2018, cat. no. 13. the glaze similarly covering also the interior of the foot, is
published in Series of China’s Ancient Porcelain Kiln Sites.
HK$ 800,000-1,200,000 Dangyangyu Kiln of China, Beijing, 2011, pl. 56.
US$ 104,000-155,000 Two bowls of similar proportions, from the Sheinman
collection, now in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard
北宋 磁州窰鷓鴣斑斗笠盞 University Art Museums, were included in the exhibition Hare’s
Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers. Chinese Brown- and
來源： Black-Glazes Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art
楊永德伉儷收藏，香港 Museums, Cambridge, cat. no. 38a and b; and a bowl formerly
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦 in the collection of Lord Cunliffe, was included in Principal
David Newton，約翰尼斯堡 Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection, Eskenazi,
香港邦瀚斯2011年11月28日，編號494 London, 2015, cat. no. 23.
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，編號C4582
宋時，茶道興盛，製瓷工藝隨之發展蓬勃，百窰爭
展覽： 鳴，順應而生豐富多樣的釉色變化，鷓鴣斑紋即為其
《楊永德伉儷珍藏黑釉瓷》，西漢南越王博物館，廣 一。運用含鐵量高化妝土，以繪畫、潑灑等技法上
州，1997年，編號106 色；入窰後，釉面裝飾隨著溫度交融，或因地心引力
《楊永德伉儷珍藏中國古代黑釉瓷》，香港中文大學 下流，或細長如羽、或大小交錯，自然形成趣味各異
文物館，香港，1999年 之紋飾。茶盌深褐釉色，可襯托茶沫細白，極富審美
《Song: Chinese Ceramics, 10th to 13th Century (Part 5)》 趣味，本品乃此類佼佼者，斑紋細緻勻麗，應屬北宋
，埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，2018年，編號13
之作。
鷓鴣斑釉之燒製，南北皆有，多數製於河北磁州窰系
窰址，如觀台窰，與河南當陽峪窰等。磁縣觀台窰
曾出土類同造形茶盌，錄於《觀台磁州窰址》，北
京，1997，彩圖29，圖1、3，圖版65，圖1；比較一件
當陽峪盌，內外均施鷓鴣斑，尺寸較大，刊於《中國
古瓷窰大系．中國當陽峪窰》，北京，2011年，圖版
56。

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